Re: [hatari-devel] Keyup bug in SDL GUI

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> Am 31.10.2022 um 19:48 schrieb Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> On 31.10.2022 20.35, Andreas Grabher wrote:
>> I might have found a bug in the SDL GUI. This scenario:
>> In the guest operating system I confirm some action by pressing enter
>> —> SDL_KEYDOWN with SDLK_RETURN
>> Due to some bug in the OS I get a double fault, which then activates Dialog_HaltDlg() before I am able to release the key
>> I then release the key
>> —> SDL_KEYUP with SDLK_RETURN
>> At this time we are already in the SDL_WaitEvent()-Loop in SDLGui_DoDialogExt() and the event is recognized as key up in the GUI. This leads to automatically pressing the default button which exits the dialog without me having a chance to select anything.
>> Can you confirm this? This will be difficult to fix.
> 
> You can wait until all keys are up, before starting accepting input in SDL GUI.
> 
> No notify user about this wait, you can show a note about keys being down in statusbar.
> 
> If SDL does not provide information about pressed keys, keymap.c keeps count of them.
> 
> 
>    - Eero
> 
Maybe calling SDL_ResetKeyboard() before entering the SDL_WaitEvent()-loop would be the solution?


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